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"It's forced him," said Roy Beck, the executive director of NumbersUSA, which advocates for lower immigration. "Inertia's great until something gets in your way and you have to either rev up the engines to go through the barrier or just stop."

Asked about the hardship that naturalized citizens would face if they were no longer allowed to bring in parents, adult children and siblings, Beck said there were ways, like technology, to stay in touch despite distance.